[meteorite-list] Best Type of Light

[John Teague]

If you want the easiest way to get "daylight color", go to WalMart and get the CFL bulbs marked daylight (with a Kelvin temperature of ~ 5500 or 6000, not home right now to get the exact number!).  You may have to look around but every WalMart I've tired has them.  Picked up a couple in Tucson during the shows a couple of years ago as I had left mine at home!  These are available at 60, 75, and 100 watts, I believe.  I use 2 or more 100 watters to photograph minerals, fossils, and meteorites without having to ever deal with white balance.  These seem to be the best for the money.  I tired the "Reveal" bulbs and had NO luck with them even though they say daylight!

Just my 2 coppers worth of experience!

John Teague
Knoxville, Tennessee


-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard Kowalski <damoclid at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Dec 2, 2010 2:21 PM
>To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Best Type of Light
>
>A very complex question actually, but for this purpose we can use a simple solution. If you are using digital, any lights can be used as long as they are all of the same type and color temperature. You then adjust the white balance in post processing.
>
>I am using CFLs and they work great.
>
>If you set up your lighting first and even if you want to use a colored background, insert a white, black or gray card where your meteorites will be posed Take an image of that card and then insert you preferred background. Shoot all of your rocks.
>
>When you process, get the proper white balance off of the card you shot first and then use that WB correction for all of your successive images. As long as your lighting setup isn't changed, the WB will be correct for all of the images.
>
>
>--
>Richard Kowalski
>Full Moon Photography
>IMCA #1081
>
>
>--- On Thu, 12/2/10, Thunder Stone <stanleygregr at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Thunder Stone <stanleygregr at hotmail.com>
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Best Type of Light
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Date: Thursday, December 2, 2010, 9:24 AM
>> 
>> List:
>> 
>> What is the best type of light source to use when looking
>> at meteorites and taking photos to achieve the most 'true'
>> colors within the specimen?
>> 
>> Thanks in Advance,
>> 
>> Greg S.
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